Museum in a Tab

See historic items from science, technology, medicine and art in your browser.
What is Museum in a Tab?
"Museum in a Tab" is a dedicated Chrome extension transporting you on a historical journey. Every new tab displays unique artifacts from science, technology, medicine, and art, each cherry-picked from the extensive Science Museum Group Collection. Users can click to learn more about each item, while also having the option to share their discoveries on various social platforms.

Extension stats

Users: 684 ▲ 12
Rating: 5.00 (5)
Version: 1.9.0 (Last updated: 2024-03-13)
Creation date: 2019-09-09
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Size: 133.12K

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Extension summary

Each new Chrome tab will reveal ordinary, surprising and wondrous objects from across the world-renowned Science Museum Group Collection. With over 7 million items in the collection, there will always be something new to discover.

If an object sparks your curiosity, click on the image or link to find out more. You can also share the object on Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook.

Extension safety

Risk impact

Museum in a Tab requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Museum in a Tab has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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